Wall-Mounted Wireless Switch With Pivoting Battery Access Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless switches face challenges in accessing and replacing batteries within the device, requiring complex procedures and often necessitating removal from the wall or surface, which complicates maintenance and increases user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a mechanism allowing the wireless switch to transition from a closed to an open position, providing access to the batteries without removing it from the wall or surface, using a pivotable or slideable frame and battery tray system that allows for easy battery replacement while maintaining a standard appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the wireless switch is mounted to a wall-box or surface mounted to a wall, then the device maintains a stable installation and visually identical appearance to standard switches, but battery access becomes difficult requiring device removal
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into a stationary base portion and a movable frame portion that can be separated from each other. The frame portion containing the actuator can be removed or opened independently while the base remains mounted to the wall-box, allowing battery access without complete device removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame portion is extracted as a separable component from the base. This allows the frame to be removed or opened to access the battery compartment while the base remains固定在 the wall-box, providing battery access while maintaining installation stability.
2Ease of repair
If the wireless switch requires removal from the wall or surface for battery replacement, then complete access to internal components is achieved, but user effort and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into removable frame and stationary base portions, allowing the frame to be separated for battery access while the base remains mounted. This simplifies the maintenance procedure compared to complete device removal while still providing full battery replacement capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is designed to be pre-configured as a removable component with integrated battery compartment. This preliminary design decision allows users to access batteries by simply removing the frame portion rather than dealing with complex disassembly procedures.
3Ease of operation
If a movable frame system is implemented for battery access, then simplified battery replacement is achieved, but the mechanism adds structural complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into simple separable portions (base and frame) that can be easily detached from each other. This segmentation provides battery access functionality while keeping the structural complexity minimal through straightforward component separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is designed as a movable component that can be easily separated from or attached to the base. This dynamic design allows simple battery access through frame removal while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure compared to more complex mechanical systems.
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AI summary
An electrical device such as, for example, a battery-powered electrical switch is disclosed. The battery-powered wireless switch includes one or more mechanisms arranged and configured to provide simplified access for servicing (e.g., replacing) the batteries located within the wireless switch. In one embodiment, the wireless switch is arranged and configured so that the batteries may be accessed by reconfiguring the wireless switch from a first closed position to a second opened position to access the batteries. Thus arranged, removal of the wireless switch from a wall-box or a surface of a wall is not required, the user may only need to remove the wall-plate in order to reconfigure the wireless switch. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the wireless switch is pivoted from the first position to the second position to provide access to the batteries.